Title Walking naked / Alyssa Brugman

Published Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Bru/Wna		AVAILABLE
MELB SPCBC	819 Brugma Aly/Wna		LIB USE ONLY
W'BOOL CRC	JUNIOR FICTION Bru/Wna		AVAILABLE

Description 171 pages ; 20 cm regular print Series Children's book of the year short list 2003 Children's book of the year short list 2003 Summary "'Every school has one. They are ugly or fat. They have scars or acne or birthmarks. Or maybe it's just something about them that doesn't quite fit with our video-hits view of how teenagers should be? We are mean to them. We ridicule them. We make monsters of them. We don't want to stand near them or sit next to them. Perdita was one of those. If you had asked me how I felt about her I would have said that I hated her, but I couldn't have told you why. 'Megan is one of the leaders of the in-group. She wouldn't dream of talking to Perdita, 'the Freak'. But when they are thrown together in detention, she finds herself drawn into a spiky, challenging almost-friendship. Megan then faces an uncomfortable choice: Perdita or the group?" -- BOOK JACKET Analysis Australian fiction (Australia ) Notes "The Children's Book Council of Australia -- honour book" -- cover Audience For teenagers 14+ and young adults Notes Children's Book Council of Australia, short-listed book Subject Suicide -- Juvenile fiction. Social acceptance -- Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction. Teenage girls -- Juvenile fiction. Cliques (Sociology) -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Self-perception -- Juvenile fiction. Australian fiction. Peer pressure -- Juvenile fiction. Young adult fiction, Australian. Female friendship -- Juvenile fiction. Interpersonal relations in adolescence -- Juvenile fiction. Friendship in adolescence -- Juvenile fiction. Suicide in adolescence -- Juvenile fiction Interpersonal conflict in adolescence -- Juvenile fiction. Cliques (Sociology) -- Fiction. Self-perception -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Suicide -- Fiction. Friendship -- Fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Fiction. Teenage girls -- Fiction. Interpersonal relations -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. Suicide -- Fiction. Genre/Form Australian fiction Young adult fiction, Australian LC no. 2003447441 ISBN 1865088226 paperback

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